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There is only one capacitor on the board (besides two for a timing crystal), and if the schematic is correct, its only 0.1uF . . . your right, thats not enough for wires this long. I think I'll unsolder it and put on something much better. But even then, its *far* away from the high current components on the board, so still not a perfect solution . . .
Hi,Quote from: Admin on September 25, 2010, 08:51:02 PMThere is only one capacitor on the board (besides two for a timing crystal), and if the schematic is correct, its only 0.1uF . . . your right, thats not enough for wires this long. I think I'll unsolder it and put on something much better. But even then, its *far* away from the high current components on the board, so still not a perfect solution . . .Might be worth getting rid of the trace with an exacto knife and run a shorter Kynar (?) wire instead - not a nice solution, but sometimes very effective.
Sounds like it was receiving junk on the serial line, and the junk happened to be accepted commands for some things. Like the review you left for it. Sometimes I think Sparkfun's 'engineering' team is full of anything but engineers.
That said, I will no longer buy any GPS or LCD display designed by SF,
Quote from: Admin on October 03, 2010, 09:11:16 PMThat said, I will no longer buy any GPS or LCD display designed by SF, Don't forget about Xbee regulated boards!
Did you see my comment about the Xbee board? I wonder if anywhere there even took notice.
Does a mod not like you at SF?
Quote from: madsci1016 on October 04, 2010, 08:51:12 AMDid you see my comment about the Xbee board? I wonder if anywhere there even took notice. I just read it, and your comment was definitely better written than mine. I also noticed a -2.0 next to your user rating . . . wtf?I clicked the smiley next to your name, and it changed to -1.9.Does a mod not like you at SF?